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ACS CAN Wisconsin Volunteer Letter Published

Gallagher’s health care-related votes disappointing WRIGHTSTOWN - As a volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, I am deeply disappointed with two of Rep. Mike Gallagher's recent votes. First, Rep. Gallagher voted for the American Health Care Act, despite having no score from the Congressional Budget Office and despite opposition from all the leading health-related nonprofit ...

Coming Soon: ACS CAN Surviving the System Lobby Day

... loved ones from across the country will travel to Washington, DC, to participate in the ACS CAN "Surviving the System: Why Cancer Patients Need Health Care Reform NOW" Lobby Day. ACS CAN staff and the patients will take the message to Capitol Hill that cancer patients and survivors need health care reform now, not later, by sharing personal stories with their elected officials. Their stories personify the experiences of cancer ...

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Advocates Urge State Leaders to Expand Medicaid

... Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Due to the state legislature failing to pass Medicaid expansion this year, many of them will lack access to the health care they need to treat this disease. All Mississippians deserve access to high quality health care.  “Mississippians should have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, detect, treat and survive cancer by having access to quality ...

Important Message From John Seffrin

Message From John Seffrin   Meaningful health care reform is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Following decades in which the nation’s health care system has fallen further into decline, and after more than a year of debate in Congress, the effort to significantly improve our ...

Three Years Later, Full Implementation of Critical Patient Protections Just Months Away

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 22, 2013 Three years after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, people with cancer or at risk for developing the disease are just months away from a ban on pre-existing condition ... this Saturday marks the countdown to broad implementation of critical patient protections that will increase access to affordable, meaningful health care for people with cancer and other chronic diseases beginning in January 2014. Barriers to health care coverage have hindered progress in the fight to reduce death and suffering from cancer for far too long, said John R. Seffrin, PhD, ...

Crucial Legislation Would Improve Cancer Patients ' Quality of Life

... (R-Ala.) introduced legislation today that would improve the experience of cancer patients and their families by better coordinating their care and addressing the often debilitating symptoms of treatment.ξ The bill would put in place the building blocks necessary to make palliative ... bill would facilitate and expand federal research into palliative care; support training for nurses, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals to effectively practice palliative care; and convene health professionals, patients, public and private payers and state and federal health officials for a national summit to develop tools and model ...

Rejecting Special Enrollment Period Puts Americans at Increased Risk of COVID-19

... D.C.—According to media reports, the administration has indicated it will not create a special enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, to allow uninsured Americans to enroll in health coverage in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action ... “We would strongly urge the administration to reconsider this reported decision and allow uninsured Americans the opportunity to obtain health coverage through a special enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act during this rapidly accelerating pandemic. “Access to timely ...

ACS CAN Urges Governor Herbert to Voice Concerns About Impact of AHCA on State Cancer Burden Ahead of Discussions with Senate Leadership

Proposed changes to the health care law in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled ...

ACS CAN Urges Governor Sandoval to Voice Concerns About Impact of AHCA on State Cancer Burden Ahead of Discussions with Senate Leadership

Proposed changes to the health care law in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could reverse progress in the cancer fight and shift the economic burden for health care coverage to the states. Ahead of scheduled ...

Senate Doubles Down on Life-Threatening Budget Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released today its sections of the budget reconciliation bill, covering the tax and health care portions of the bill that passed the House last month. The Senate bill doubles down on the House version which, according to the nonpartisan ... Office (CBO), would result in $793 billion cuts to Medicaid and cause nearly 11 million people to become uninsured with no other affordable health insurance options. No one is safe from the harms that this bill will cause, not even cancer patients.  Like the House bill, the Senate ...

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